High school football: Corey Lawrence has three touchdowns in Del City victory

Del City's Corey Lawrence fights off Ardmore's Carter Swanson during a high school football game in Del City, Okla., Friday, September 28, 2012. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

DEL CITY — When Del City puts the football in Corey Lawrence’s hands, good things normally happen for the Eagles.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound senior running back/receiver scored three touchdowns — two rushing and one receiving — and the Del City defense added two touchdowns of its own as the Eagles downed Ardmore, 38-26, Friday night at Robert Kalsu Stadium.

Lawrence scored on touchdown runs of 13 and 45 yards. He got behind the Ardmore secondary on the Eagles’ second possession of the game for an 80-yard scoring strike from quarterback John McBride, who hit his speedy wide receiver in stride.

He finished the night with 118 yards rushing on just 10 carries and caught three passes for 89 yards.

The most versatile player on the field (Lawrence also is the Eagles’ punter and punt returner) also was the most dominant.

“Corey is really good. He is really special. Maybe one of the most athletic kids I have been around,” said Del City coach Nick Warehime.

“Once we went and looked back at the first four games, we realized he hadn’t enough touches. Part of our goal tonight was get him touches.”

If anything, the Eagles probably should have given Lawrence the ball more Friday night.

“You got to love having a player like Corey,” McBride said. “He is always making big plays. He is a great guy to have on the team. Sometimes we use him as bait.”

Del City raced to a 32-0 lead in the game, and then watched as much of that lead evaporated in the fourth quarter.

To Ardmore’s credit, the Tigers (2-3) kept battling and scored three consecutive touchdowns — including a 78-yard kickoff return by Kevion McGee — before Del City’s Terry Love returned a fumble 44 yards to quash any hopes of a miracle comeback.

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